Blood red fangs 5 weeks after molting.

[Thistles]

Perhaps she had the old exuvium around the fangs initially and was able to eat using the old fangs and then she managed to cast off the remnants of the old one recently. That would leave the new skin visible and soft now. Just a thought.

 

[magneto]

Perhaps she had the old exuvium around the fangs initially and was able to eat using the old fangs and then she managed to cast off the remnants of the old one recently. That would leave the new skin visible and soft now. Just a thought.

That sounds like a really good and plausible explanation to me. Here, have a cookie.

 

[Chris LXXIX]

Tell me about it. What I find ironic is that when I started this hobby I was quite careless. But I never had an incident even once. When I started up the hobby this time I have been very careful about keeping them right and they just keep dying on me. Let's hope this one makes it at least.

I'm sorry man and i wish the best for you. Wasn't your fault those loss, only bad luck at it's finest.

 

[Thistles]

That sounds like a really good and plausible explanation to me. Here, have a cookie.

Search around the enclosure for the cast fangs. If you find them, I'll take a chocolate chip =)

 

[awiec]

Perhaps she had the old exuvium around the fangs initially and was able to eat using the old fangs and then she managed to cast off the remnants of the old one recently. That would leave the new skin visible and soft now. Just a thought.

Also a possibility, I wasn't sure if it was old exo or not but if it was then it's not causing her any issues. I kinda also thought of this when I saw it as well but wasn't sure what to make of it. I think further observation of the spider is needed, we may never know what it was but all that matters is the spider lives to correct it via molting.

 

[magneto]

Search around the enclosure for the cast fangs. If you find them, I'll take a chocolate chip =)

PM me your name and address. I'll send you A pack of Norways best brand of chocolate chip cookies. I'm serious, I will.

I went to search for the fangs just now. I found one of them near the water dish. Haven't spotted the other yet...but I did find something else...the spider...halfway on her back!!!:biggrin:

I'll guess I'll find out if she manages that next molt a lot sooner than I expected. I just hope I didn't stress her out too much when I moved her for the pictures earlier.

 

[awiec]

PM me your name and address. I'll send you A pack of Norways best brand of chocolate chip cookies. I'm serious, I will.

I went to search for the fangs just now. I found one of them near the water dish. Haven't spotted the other yet...but I did find something else...the spider...halfway on her back!!!:biggrin:

I'll guess I'll find out if she manages that next molt a lot sooner than I expected. I just hope I didn't stress her out too much when I moved her for the pictures earlier.

She'll be fine, I know I've accidentally disturbed a few spiders who were on their backs (I have deli cups two rows deep) and they resume not too long afterwards.

 

[Thistles]

Hahaha, you are way too sweet but I was just kidding! No cookies required =) Just keep us posted on how she's doing!

 

[JustSomeDude]

yea I would def give a heavy misting and bring up the humidity as much as possible. Try that for a few days steady then let it begin to dry out again. Perhaps she will lose the old fang coverings from her previous molt

 

[Blueandbluer]

yea I would def give a heavy misting and bring up the humidity as much as possible. Try that for a few days steady then let it begin to dry out again. Perhaps she will lose the old fang coverings from her previous molt

I respectfully disagreee with the above. If you want to up the humidity, just add a couple extra waterdishes. At best, the effects of misting are transient, unless you really FLOOD things and then you risk bacteria/fungal blooms.

 

[lalberts9310]

I respectfully disagreee with the above. If you want to up the humidity, just add a couple extra waterdishes. At best, the effects of misting are transient, unless you really FLOOD things and then you risk bacteria/fungal blooms.

+1, misting has short lived effects.

 

[Angel Minkov]

Looks like something went wrong with the sclerotization of the fangs. Nothing you can do, really. Feed it soft-bodied prey like crickets, superworms etc

 

[magneto]

Update

She made it just fine. The fangs are still red but now that she has just molted it's a lot less worrying as they should be red now.

Her neighbor, another A. Genic female that's the same size also molted last night. Kinda cool with synchronized molting with identical spiders next to each other.

 

[Chris LXXIX]

Good news ^

 

[Thistles]

Woohoo! Let us know how the hardening goes!

 

[cold blood]

Kinda cool with synchronized molting with identical spiders next to each other.

I had a pair of versicolor slings i got a while back...both 3i, from the same person, but DIFFERRENT sacs. None-the-less, they arrived at the same tiny size. From first molt to final maturing molt (both were male) every molt was basically synchronized....often the same day, sometimes as far as 48-72 hours apart. There were even times where one was fed bigger prey, and it went into pre-molt much much sooner.....but it lasted long enough for the other to catch up, and they molted together.

I saw it as a total coincidence, but i did always take notice.